Millions of Cats - Softcover

WandaGag

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756967856 ISBN 13: 9780756967857

Publisher: PerfectionLearning, 2006

Synopsis

How an old couple came to have just one cat to call their own is a classic tale that has been loved for generations. A Newbery Honor Book. Illustrations.

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Review

Millions of Cats is a wonderful tale of vanity versus humility, written and illustrated by the singular Wanda Gag. An old man and his wife decide to get a cat, so the old man goes out in search of the prettiest cat of all. When he is forced to choose from "hundreds, thousands, millions and billions and trillions" of cats, he (naturally) brings them all home. When the wife points out their inability to support the legion of felines, it is left to the cats to decide who among them is the prettiest. Anyone who has ever owned more than a single cat can tell you what happens next.

Gag's simple, appealing black ink drawings are perfect for the story, somehow capturing at least the idea of millions of cats in a single page. Repeated lines and the sing-song title refrain make this a read-aloud natural.(Ages 4 to 8)

About the Author

Wanda Gág (1893-1946) was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, the daughter of an artist and the eldest of seven children. In recognition of her rare artistry, she was the posthumous recipient of the 1958 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Millions of Cats and the 1977 Kerlan Award for the body of her work.

Edition details

• Publisher: PerfectionLearning
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0756967856
• ISBN 13: 9780756967857
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32